Restaurants and Food
Cafes usually close at 10.00 or 11.00 pm, and restaurants at 11.00
or 11.30 pm although diners are not admitted during the half-hour
before closing time. Not all dishes have prices beside them. Those
not marked are not available that particular day. Tourists are always
issues with vouchers for meals.

Recommended Russian Food

Ikra

Luxurious black caviar

Krasnaya ikra

Red caviar

Salat iz sverzhikh agoortsov so smetany

Cucumber salad with sour cream

Borshch

Beetroot soup

Shchi

Cabbage soup

Rasolnik

Hot soup, usually of pickled vegetables

Akroshka

Cold soup

Syomga s limonom

Smoked salmon with lemon

Beef stroganov

Beef stew in smetana (sour cream) with fried potatos

Kitlyet po pajarski

Good chicken cutlets

Kutlyeta po kiyevski

Fired rolled breast of chicken

Pirozhki

Delicious fried rolls with various fillings

Bliny

Small pancakes, can be eaten with many things (caviar, butter,
smetana)

Aladi

Crumpets, can be eaten with jam

Pyelmeni

Meat dumplings

Stakan kiselya

Dessert of thickened cranberry juice

Gooryev skaya kasha

Semolina with various dried fruits

marozhnoye

Ice-cream!!!

Wines and Spirits and Soft Drinks

All alcoholic drinks must be ordered in grams or by the bottle:

Small glass

100g.

Large glass

200g.

Small bottle (2/3 regular size)

550 g./ .5 litre

Normal Bottle

750 g./.75 litre

Vodka:
By far the most popular drink of Russia! The favorite brands being Stolichnaya, Flagman, Gzhelka and Russkiy Standart. There are other kinds too, including Tminaya (caraway flavor), lemon vodka, Zveroboy (animal killer), Ahotnichaya vodka (hunter's vodka), Ghorilka s pertsem (Ukrainian vodka with peppers in it).

Georgian Table Wines:

Dry white

Tsinandali or Gurdzhaani

Medium dry white

Tvishi or Tetra

Dry red

Mookoozani or Saperavi

Medium dry red

Hvanchkara (Stalin's favorite), Odzhaleshi or Kinsmaraooli

Champagne:

Dry

Sookhoye

Medium dry

Palusookhoye

Sweet

Sladkoye

Brut (the most tasty one)

Brut

Brandy and Liquors:
The best brandy comes from Armenia (armyanskii kanyak). Most liquors have French names, but the resemblance to the originals may be slight.

Mineral Water:
The most common bottled mineral waters are Narzan and slightly salty Barzhomi. Fresh water is seldom served at the table, unless particularly asked for.

Fruit Drinks:
'Limonad' is basically lemonade. There are also various other flavors to choose from: orange, cherry, apple, and pear. There is also a Russian Coca-Cola called 'Sayani'. Another popular Russian drink is the sour Kvass (fermented bread-water) or plain soda water, both of which can be bought outside on the streets.